The following is a list of Japanese writers whose family name begins with the letter I
List by Family Name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - M - N - O - R - S - T - U - W - Y - Z
Ibuse Masuji (February 15, 1898 – July 10, 1993) Ido Reizan (1859–1935) Ihara Saikaku (1642–1693) Iida Dakotsu (April 26, 1885 – October 3, 1962) Ikenami Shotaro (January 25, 1923 – May 3, 1990) Ikezawa Natsuki (born 1945) Ikkyu (1394–1481) Inagaki Manjirō (September 26, 1861 – November 25, 1908) Inagaki Taruho (December 26, 1900 – October 25, 1977) Inoue Hisashi (1934–2010) Inoue Kenkabō (1870–1934) Inoue Yasushi (May 6, 1907 – January 29, 1991) Inui Kurumi (born 1963) Irokawa Takehiro (1929–1989) Isaka Kōtarō (born May 25, 1971) Lady Ise (c. 875 – c. 938) Ishibashi Ningetsu (September 1, 1865 – February 1, 1926) Ishida Ira (born March 8, 1960) Ishigaki Rin (February 21, 1920 – December 26, 2004) Ishiguro Kazuo (born November 8, 1954) Ishihara Fujio (born 1933) Ishihara Shintaro (1932–2022) Ishikawa Jun (March 7, 1899 – December 29, 1987) Ishikawa Takuboku (February 20, 1886 – April 13, 1912) Ishikawa Tatsuzo (July 2, 1905 – January 31, 1985) Ishizuka Tomoji (September 20, 1906 – February 8, 1986) Einosuke Itō (November 21, 1903 – July 26, 1959) Itō Hiromi (born September 13, 1955) Ito Junji (born 1963) Itō Keikaku (Project Itoh) (October 14, 1974 – March 20, 2009) Ito Noe (January 21, 1895 – September 16, 1923) Ito Sachio (August 18, 1864 – July 30, 1913) Ito Takami (born 1961) Itoyama Akiko (born 1966) Izawa Motohiko (born February 1, 1954) Izumi Kyōka (November 4, 1873 – September 7, 1939) Izumi Shikibu (c. 978 – c. 1034) Izumo no Okuni (c. 1572 – 1613)